As a hard-core racing fan, he expects to have fun, too. Here are some of his thoughts on the event:

What are you looking for as a fan? In addition to just hearing the sound of the Formula One car, he’s interested in seeing how Stewart drives on the Glen’s long course, which includes a section (the Boot) that is not included in NASCAR races.

“That’s going to be a whole change for him. It evens the playing field because some people are going to say, ‘Ah, Tony’s got an advantage.’ Well, no he doesn’t, because he doesn’t race the Boot, which is the tightest part of this race course, and throwing a 3,600-pound car around there is going to be very difficult for him.”

What about watching Hamilton? He said he wanted to see “how close Lewis is to the old IndyCar speeds, and it’ll be interesting when they swap (cars) to see how close they can stay to each other.”

How did the event come about? Printup said he is good friends with one of the vice presidents at Mobil 1. “When I got here, back in ’09, I called him and I said just two things: One, I need some sponsorship dollars from Mobil 1 up here at the track. He told me to go fly a kite. And second, I said we need to put together a PR stunt and copy what Indianapolis did.”

“He (the Mobil 1 VP) said: ‘You know what? We might be able to do that.’ Then it’s just been a matter of cultivating it for the last two years.”

Printup said the event was never about money. “It was about promoting Mobil 1 and promoting NASCAR and then promoting Formula One.”

What about an F1 race at the Glen? ”It’s not going to happen. You need $25-30 million a year just in sanctioning fees. Formula One today only exists in big markets where the country is paying that fee. ... Americans aren’t going to go for that.”

He also said the Glen would need $20-30 million in improvements for things like special garages. “There’s all kinds of things. We’d need the fastest helicopters in the world to fly these guys because they’d want to be jetted off to New York City.”

What about the return of IndyCar? ”We want IndyCar back. That’s where I got started in my love as a fan for racing. I’d love to see them come back, but we have to find a platform where we can afford to have them come back.”

What about the weather? “Put a plug in for the weather. It’s supposed to be 77 degrees and sunny on Tuesday.”